Findings Press: August 2025
We bring you the latest research from the community of researchers who publish in Findings, an interdisciplinary, independent, indexed, community-led, peer-reviewed, self-sustaining, open access journal focused on short, clear, and pointed research results.
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Safety Findings
We are pleased to introduce the first batch of articles from Safety Findings, edited by Wes Marshall. Safety Findings is dedicated to concise and impactful peer-reviewed, open access research on safety across various sectors. Our mission is to publish high-quality, evidence-based safety insights in order to inform policies and practices that make our world safer.
Kristy Larreynaga-Mejia, Marie-Soleil Cloutier, Philippe Brodeur-Ouimet, Zeinab Aliyas
This study reveals that pedestrian collisions in five Canadian cities predominantly occur on major roads and in mixed land use areas, highlighting the need for targeted road safety interventions.
Predictors of Biking Behavior Changes after a Safety Incident
Caitlyn Linehan, Trisalyn Nelson
Bicyclists who experience a collision, especially females and those hospitalized, are more likely to change their biking behavior, which provides valuable insights for improving bicycle safety and retention.
Anna Goodman, Phil Edwards, Anthony A. Laverty
In Great Britain, road crashes involving SUVs cause more severe injuries to pedestrians and cyclists than crashes involving passenger cars. The effect is stronger in children, especially young children.
‘Numbers in Safety’ for Pedestrians in Melbourne
Vidumini Pamuditha, David Levinson
The 'Numbers in Safety' hypothesis argues higher safety encourages walking. We corroborate this, and observe a negative relationship between change in crash rates and pedestrian counts in Melbourne CBD.
Are Two-way Bike Lanes Really More Dangerous?
Samuel Nello-Deakin
This article compares cyclist injury rates between one-way and two-way bike lanes in Barcelona, finding no conclusive evidence that two-way bike lanes are more dangerous than one-way ones.
Other Articles
We continue to publish articles in Transport Findings, Energy Findings, Urban Findings, and Resilience Findings. Articles since our last newsletter are below.
Counting Bicycles, Scooters, and Skateboards in Tempe, AZ
Dorian Lemarchand, Deborah Salon, Hue-Tam Jamme, Thomas Czerniawski
We advance a new counting method for active travelers, and find that bicycles represent 66%, scooters 25%, and skateboards 7% of weekday active travel volumes in Tempe, AZ.
Thermal Energy Storage in Dirt for Repowering Decommissioned Coal Plants
Alicia Wongel, Jacqueline A. Dowling, Lei Duan, Austin Vernon, Ian S. McKay, Ken Caldeira
In a stylized least-cost electricity system model, thermal energy storage in dirt can cost-effectively repower steam turbogenerators in retired coal plants, increasingly as wind and solar generation become more prevalent.
A Review of Street Representation Methods for Pedestrian Surveys
Louis Merlin, Mary A. Asumang
The review identified high cost and information in in-situ interviews; balanced cost and control in immersive VR, low control in videos and photos, moderate information and high control in illustrations.
Learning about the Transit Passenger Experience from Microblogging Posts
Egbe-Etu Etu, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Jordan Larot, Chaitanya Tatipigari, Imokhai Theophilus Tenebe
Transit agencies often track delays and malfunctions but may overlook riders’ real-time social experiences. To fill this gap, we analyzed tweets, capturing personal accounts of public transport use.
Cycling Speeds in Urban Traffic
Lucas Schuhmacher, Gabriel Wilkes, Martin Kagerbauer, Peter Vortisch
This study uses open data from Hamburg to explore how cycling infrastructure, surface types, and surrounding land use determine cycling speeds, offering insights into urban mobility and cyclist behavior.
Urban Segregation Even on Holiday: Income Differences in the Choice of Destinations
Ana Condeço-Melhorado, Juan Carlos García-Palomares, Javier Gutiérrez
This study shows how urban segregation shapes tourist choices: high-income Madrid residents favor Marbella, while Torremolinos attracts diverse visitors. Mobile phone data and spatial analysis confirm these patterns.
Essential Workers and Transit Ridership Retention During COVID-19 Shocks in the Toronto Region
Sana Riaz, Christopher Higgins, Steven Farber
Using beta regression, the authors found that surface routes serving areas with higher concentrations of essential workers experienced smaller declines in transit ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Measuring Induced Travel Elasticities associated with Local Roads from Trip Generation
Robert B. Noland
Induced travel elasticities of vehicle-km of travel with respect lane-miles of local roads is estimated to average be between 0.095 and 0.611.
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How Commute Time and EV Ownership Shape Residential Cooling Energy Load Profiles
Saquib M. Haroon, Liang Zhang, Alyssa Ryan
Commute length and electric vehicle ownership shape residential cooling demand by influencing occupancy patterns. Using co-simulation in Tucson, AZ, USA, we show impacts on load profiles and time-of-use energy equity.
Determinants of US Transit Bus Prices
Ayush Pandey, Lewis Lehe
Non-electric bus prices have risen by 0.7% per year faster than inflation since 2010, while electric bus' real prices have fallen by about 3% annually.
Measuring the Shade Coverage of Trees and Buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Amirhosein Shabrang, Mehdi Pourpeikari Heris, Travis Flohr
The study uses LiDAR and 3D modeling to measure tree and building shade on sidewalks and bike lanes in Cambridge, Massachusetts, enhancing urban planning and climate resilience.
Teruhisa Takizawa, Giancarlos Parady, Kiyoshi Takami
Policy strigency had non-trivial impact on the reductions in leisure outings in Greater Tokyo Area during the COVID-19 pandemic. State of Emergency declarations had additional self-restraint effect in Tokyo.
PLEASEM: A Tool to Measure PLace-based Estimated Advantages of Shared Electric Mobility
Hannah Budnitz, Mads Hoefer
The benefits of electric car clubs, such as carbon emissions savings, vary by geography and could be greater outside cities where such services are usually located.
Digital Taxi Stands: Informed Choice Reduces Waiting Time
Jørgen Aarhaug, Fitwi Wolday
The time taxis spent waiting for a fare was dramatically reduced when the possibility for a taxi to wait until first in line was removed.
